| Do not kid yourself that a weekly round of golf or | | | | good game and often beat them by using their guile |
| taking the dog for a walk will keep you fit and healthy | | | | and experience. |
| as you approach your sixties. The sooner you start on | | | | A word of warning, doubles tennis at local club level |
| a sensible and well organized exercise routine the | | | | gives players plenty of time to think and to rest |
| more likely you are to slow down the effects of aging | | | | between games and sets. It won't be the fast game |
| as the years roll by. | | | | that you see on the professional circuit. |
| Most of us want to retain our independence, stay | | | | Do not be tempted to take up Squash or Rackets as |
| active and be healthy for as long as possible but it | | | | these are fast games where it is too easy to get so |
| takes more than hope and good genes if you want to | | | | immersed in the challenge of winning that you can |
| live life to the full well into old age. | | | | dangerously over-exert your body with serious or |
| Health care professionals have plenty of hard | | | | even fatal results. Moderation is the watchword for |
| evidence that keep fit routines can delay the signs of | | | | any exercise routine taken up after your fortieth year. |
| advancing years as well as promoting health and well | | | | It is likely that tennis will not appeal to the majority of |
| being. | | | | elders for a multitude of reasons so what other |
| Try not to make the mistake that a gentle weekly | | | | options are open to oldies? |
| amble around the golf course instead of using a golf | | | | - Cycling and swimming are an excellent ways of |
| buggy is going to do the trick, it simply will not! Unless | | | | keeping and staying fit and can be enjoyed with or |
| you have a remarkable dog, your walks with it will be | | | | without friends. |
| constantly interrupted as it sniffs out the range of | | | | - Another idea is to take up an active hobby such as |
| exciting smells that dogs seem to encounter every | | | | line dancing as an addition to your keep fit routine to |
| few yards putting power walking, which will do you | | | | help keep your interest up. |
| good, out of the question. | | | | Your comfortable home is also a well-equipped gym; |
| One of the problems with exercise routines is | | | | ideal for performing those physical fitness routines that |
| boredom, for some of us that poses a real challenge | | | | can help you stay healthy and independent, and slow |
| while for others there are a host of activities can be | | | | down the signs of aging, both physically and visually. |
| enjoyed at the same time as keeping our bodies tuned | | | | An added bonus in these "credit crunch " times is that |
| and exercised. | | | | it comes at no extra cost other than the will and desire |
| For those who are fortunate enough to have a | | | | to stay as young and as active as possible. |
| ´good eye´ and reasonable reflexes then playing | | | | Keep that body moving with these exercises that use |
| doubles tennis a couple of times a week against | | | | your household furniture as a free alternative to a |
| opponents of a similar standard is a great keep fit and | | | | costly gym and still get good results while at the same |
| very enjoyable activity but it should be supplemented | | | | time enjoying your favorite music, radio or TV show to |
| with other, less competitive, even solo, regimes. | | | | help keep boredom at bay. |
| We know of eighty plus year old tennis players who | | | | Stay young, keep fit and keep 'Old Father Time' |
| will have slowed down in both their physical and reflex | | | | waiting as long as possible. |
| reactions but can still give much younger opponents a | | | | |